\nArusha, 1 September 2009 (FH) - The Appeals Chamber of International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) will hear on 28 September the appeal of Protais Zigiranyirazo, sentenced to 20 years in prison on 18 December 2008.\n<\/p>\n
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\nNicknamed "Mr. Z", Zigiranyirazo is the brother of Agathe Kanziga, widow of the former Rwandan President Juvénal Habyarimana, killed in the attack against his plane on 6 April 1994.\n<\/p>\n
\nThe first instance judges found him guilty of genocide and extermination after having concluded that he had helped and encouraged the massacres of ethnic Tutsis in his native prefecture of Gisenyi, northern Rwanda, and around his residence in the capital, Kigali.\n<\/p>\n
\nHis action resulted in the death of more than 1,500 people, according to the court.\n<\/p>\n
\nAccording to the ICTR website, "Mr Z" will appear before a Chamber presided by the American Theodor Meron.\n<\/p>\n
\nAs in first instance trial, he will be defended by Canadian lawyers, John Philpot and Peter Zaduk.\n<\/p>\n
\nHabyarimana's brother-in-law was arrested in Belgium on 26 June 2001 and was transferred to the ICTR detention centre on 3 October of the same year.\n<\/p>\n
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